If you can't get a job as a pianist in a brothel you become a royal reporter. — Max Hastings Copy Share Image
Oscar Peterson is the greatest living influence on jazz pianists today. — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
My father was a stone mason, and a talented amateur pianist and vocalist. — John E. Walker Copy Share Image
I was depressed for a year after 'The Pianist,' and I don't suffer from that, generally. It wasn't just a depression; it… — Adrien Brody Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a concert pianist at Carnegie Hall; that is what I wanted to do from really early on. — Kirsten Nelson Copy Share Image
Beethoven, Schubert, Schoenberg, Berg imply a type of pianist who is intellectual. That's not always associated with female soloists. — Jeffrey Tate Copy Share Image
When a little more than a teenager, I was a piano-bar pianist in the land where I was born and raised, Tuscany. — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think, not so much am I a pianist, but a vampire. All my life I have lived off the blood… — Arthur Rubinstein Copy Share Image
The less you want, the richer you are. The more you need in order to be happy, the more miserable you’ll be. — Yanni Copy Share Image
My mother Elizabeth Ivey Brubeck was a pianist who studied with Dame Myra Hess and Tobias Matthey. As a child in California… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
As a young pianist in Hollywood, I began orchestrating for others, and I just felt really comfortable doing that. — John Williams Copy Share Image
“A talented pianist, he toyed with the idea of pursuing a career as a professional musician. Unsure, he sought advice and was… — Manjit Kumar Copy Share Image
If you want to become a concert pianist, do it every day. You want to be a writer, do it every day.… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
My earliest memories about music are connected with going to church and listening to organ music. I am not from a musical… — Rafal Blechacz Copy Share Image
The collective conscience of a hundred musicians is no light burden. Think for a moment of what it would mean to a… — Charles Munch Copy Share Image
My dad's family were political and he was always a theatrical creature, whereas my mum is really musical and her father was… — Grace Jones Copy Share Image
When I do operas, I'm not really singing very classically. I have a classical background as far as being a pianist and… — Jason Graae Copy Share Image
When I was studying... there weren't any black concert pianists. My choices were intuitive, and I had the technique to do it.… — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
The one who really captured me and became my absolute favorite was Nat King Cole. He was a genius at what he… — Johnny Mathis Copy Share Image
When you think of diversity, George Duke fits that bill better than a lot of people. He's played a lot of straight-ahead… — Christian McBride Copy Share Image
If there's one thing I feel very strongly about, it's that there shouldn't be a distinction between pianists who play Ligeti and… — Jeremy Denk Copy Share Image
I urge pupils when studying a work and in order to master its most important aspic, the rhythmic structure, or the ordering… — Heinrich Neuhaus Copy Share Image
Whenever I record something, I always believe that it's worthy of inclusion in the pantheon, and I would certainly like pianists to… — Marc-Andre Hamelin Copy Share Image
When I create I don't think in technical or mathematical terms until the idea is formulated Musical composition is formulated in improvisation.… — Aaron Zigman Copy Share Image
Every concert pianist knows that the surest way to ruin a performance is to be aware of what the fingers are doing.… — Peter Watts Copy Share Image
Nina Simone was a gifted and prolific singer, songwriter and pianist who became a powerful presence in the civil rights movement and… — Michel Martin Copy Share Image
This was solidarity. The debutante having her toenails pedicured - the housewife buying carrots from a pushcart - the bookkeeper who had… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Jazz is a constant theme in my life. My father is a jazz pianist, and from an early age I have been… — Nat Wolff Copy Share Image
Steinway is the only piano on which the pianist can do everything he wants. And everything he dreams. — Vladimir Ashkenazy Copy Share Image
Music informs my work so intensely. The better actor I become, the better pianist I become, and vice versa. — Janina Gavankar Copy Share Image
I really don't know whether any place contains more pianists than Paris, or whether you can find more asses and virtuosos anywhere. — Frederic Chopin Copy Share Image
Pianists call me a composer, composers call me a pianist. The classicists think me a futurist, and the futurists call me a… — Anton Rubinstein Copy Share Image
“I know a flute player is technically called a "flautist," but something about it sounds a little sketchy, as does "pianist," so… — Julie Halpern Copy Share Image
I'm sorry that I did not become the world's first black classic pianist. I think I would have been happier. — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
My father is a violinist and my mother is a pianist, so I've been hearing music all my life. I started playing… — Michala Petri Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm even close to fulfilling my potential. And I think also that, unlike a pianist or a flutist, an… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
I don't know where there can be so many pianists as in Paris, so many asses and so many virtuosi. — Frederic Chopin Copy Share Image
